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Thursday, 8 May 2031
What matters on this day
Vaishakha Krishna Paksha until 6:19 AM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise5:39 AM
Sunset6:56 PM
Nakshatra
until 1:25 AM, May 09
Avoid
1:57 PM – 3:37 PM
Auspicious
11:51 AM – 12:44 PM
No festival or vrat falls today for your region.
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Coming up
- Sankashti Chaturthi in 2 days Sat, 10 May
- Krishna Shashti in 4 days Mon, 12 May
- Kalashtami in 6 days Wed, 14 May
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
1:57 PM – 3:37 PM
5:39 AM – 7:19 AM
8:58 AM – 10:38 AM
12:44 PM – 2:30 PM, 5:10 PM – 6:56 PM
These are periods traditionally avoided for starting something. They do not move a festival — an observance fixed by its own rule stays where the rule puts it. More →
Moon, and the five limbs
Moonrise8:30 PM
Moonset6:20 AM
Variyan until 9:29 AM
Kaulava
Guruvara
Your observances
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